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· 9/28/2023

In Re Chance Perry v. the State of Texas

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  • emphasizing that laws which affect candidates will always have a correlative effect on voters
  • stating that “[t]he Constitution expressly delegates authority to the States to regulate the election of Presidential electors,” but that this does not give states the power to impose unconstitutional burdens on the right to vote
  • noting that a voter’s exercise of political association is “of particular importance”
  • invalidating law prescribing early filing deadline for independent presidential candidates because it “discriminate[d] against those candidates and — of particular importance — against those voters whose political preferences lie outside the existing political parties”
  • the state has a strong interest in ensuring that its elections are run fairly and honestly
  • \the rights of voters and the rights of candidates do not lend themselves to neat separation\

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